A well-known lawyer was murdered in his office in an apparent targeting attack near the Golden Mall in Rishon Lezion on Tuesday, according to Magen David Adom (MDA).
Emergency services arrived at the scene and found the victim unconscious with a penetrating injury, though he was pronounced dead soon after. It's speculated to have been a gunshot wound.
"We received a report of a man who was wounded in a violent incident," said Magen David Adom motorcycle unit emergency medical technician Naftali Halberstadt and MDA medic Meir Binenfeld. "We arrived at the scene and joined the police forces. We saw a man around 50 years old lying unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, with a penetrating injury to his body. We performed medical examinations, and unfortunately, we had to pronounce him dead at the scene.”
Police officers from the Rishon Lezion station in the Shfela district arrived at the scene shortly afterward. They opened an investigation into the circumstances of the incident and launched extensive searches for the suspect.
Investigation is underway, case believed to be criminal
The motive is believed to be criminal, and the circumstances are under investigation.
It is being treated as a suspected assassination attempt, though the name of the victim has yet to be released.